SharePoint 2013,
which is the newest version of this web application development platform, comes
with a number of beneficial features, out of which, compatibility is definitely
a major one. However, before you go into the compatibility of this new improved
platform and HTML5, let us have a look at the prominent features of the same.
SharePoint 2013 and
its Features
To begin with, the
platform facilitates enhanced user experinece by means of remarkable design as
well as increased templates and layout capability. Additionally, fast search,
improved work flow, e- discovery tools along with office web apps are also
offered by SharePoint 2013. It is for this reason that business enterprises
have an increased preference for upgrading from SharePoint 2010 version to the
latest one. However, the infrastructure procurements must be considered when it
comes to enterprise upgrades.
HTML5 and its
attributes
HTML5, on the other
hand, has made the developer's work easy primarily by virtue of its host of
semantic features. This highly improved version of the Markup language offers
several other tools as well as elements such as newer media as well as
structural elements, attributes, form types, link relation types as well as the
semantics for internationalization.
Compatibility
between SharePoint 2013 and HTML5
The popular web
application development platform now appears to be completely compatible with
HTML5. The compatibility is best echoed by the presence of Channels, which
allow designing different look and feel for the varying devices that are used
for viewing the sites. Even the use of SharePoint sites on the mobile devices
such as that of the iPods or Smart Phones has become quite common. These are
also built using HTML5, hence, offer different views of SharePoint.
The compatibility of
the development platform with HTML5 ensures that the Sites work equally well on
any device and that they are optimized for the mobile browsers such as that of
the Mobile IE9, Windows Phone 7.5, Android or Safari. The Office Web Apps pave
the way for the documents and files to open on all of the these without
necessitating the installment of Office on the devices.
Browser
Compatibility of SharePoint
The latest version
has witnessed a minimizing of the ActiveX controls to a great extent. The Drag,
Drop and Multi File upload support leads to an excellent user experinece with
Firefox and Chrome. The few office integration scenarios that are avilable are
for the power users only, which further promises the average users with a
commendable expeirnece with Firefox as well as Chrome.
This newest version
of the platform also offers excellent mobile browser experience, thanks to the
new contemporary views.
The contemporary
view offers an optimized mobile browser experinece while the view is also
available to the Mobile Internet Explorer Version 9.0 as well as the later
versions like Windows Phone 7.5, iPhone iOs 5.0, Safari 4.0 or even the Andorid
4.0.
The Classic View, on
the other hand, is rendered in HTML format while also providing backward
compatibility for mobile browsers.
Finally, with the
full screen UI view, a complete desktop display of the site is available on the
SmartPhone devices too.
The ultimate outcome
of the compatibility of this platform can be seen in terms of features such as
menu button including that of the Site contents, sign out, close and switch to
PC view. A navigation window, a tap-to-open links, automatic pagination of
lists with over 20 items add to the alreday compatibility feature of the web
applictaion development platform. With this platform, one can even create new
list items and edit them too. For instance, a new task in a task list is
created on the mobile device. The same can be edited in the list with the help
of the Edit option. Custom SharePoint development
will just get a whole new meaning with HTML5 coming into picture with
SharePoint.
We provide SharePoint application
development services. If you would like to talk to one of our SharePoint developers,
please get in touch with us at Mindfire Solutions.